Maddy (7) & Parker (10)
Our Wedding- 2001
If you have a seven and ten year old in your house, go give them a big hug, tell them you love them, and then don't blink your eyes.
Because if you do, when you open them, those kids will be almost fifteen and almost eighteen. I'm not at all kidding.
Look at those cute, little, happy faces. . . I can't believe they are so big now. So old. So teenager-ish. So almost adults.
When I am in the throes of mini-meltdowns, standing in a pile of Lego's, with peanut butter smeared on my favorite jeans, and my hair in a pony tail because I didn't have time to actually fix it, I have to remind myself that this will not last forever- that it will be over too soon.
Because I now know from experience that in "kid time", ten years feels like 10 minutes. That's how long ago I met those tiny faces.
And here I sit, totally unprepared for what is to come- kids in college, on missions, driving cars, making their own life decisions.
I…
Our Wedding- 2001
If you have a seven and ten year old in your house, go give them a big hug, tell them you love them, and then don't blink your eyes.
Because if you do, when you open them, those kids will be almost fifteen and almost eighteen. I'm not at all kidding.
Look at those cute, little, happy faces. . . I can't believe they are so big now. So old. So teenager-ish. So almost adults.
When I am in the throes of mini-meltdowns, standing in a pile of Lego's, with peanut butter smeared on my favorite jeans, and my hair in a pony tail because I didn't have time to actually fix it, I have to remind myself that this will not last forever- that it will be over too soon.
Because I now know from experience that in "kid time", ten years feels like 10 minutes. That's how long ago I met those tiny faces.
And here I sit, totally unprepared for what is to come- kids in college, on missions, driving cars, making their own life decisions.
I…